Rendezvous Colorado - Community News in Winter Park, Colorado and the Fraser Valley

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New trail from Rendezvous Colorado to Winter Park...

Work is underway on a new trail linking Rendezvous Colorado to the town of Winter Park. Rendezvous is providing the easement for the 6-foot trail that begins at the Rendezvous footbridge and continues south along Mary's Pond, through wetlands to the Sitzmark Ranch and the pedestrian crossing at Kings Crossing, in Winter Park. "It's going to be a cool trail experience," notes Director of Development Terry Stanford. Construction is provided by the Towns of Winter Park and Fraser, with work being supplied by the Youth Corp. The trail should be complete by ski season.

First of a network of ski huts headed for high country above Winter Park, Colorado

Ski huts are an exciting tradition in the Colorado Rock­ies...and this winter work will be under way to renew the ski hut experience here in Grand County, as volunteers build an overnight hut at tim­berline west of Berthoud Pass along the border of Vasquez Wilderness. The Broome Hut is seen as the first in a network of huts that will one day extend from Berthoud Pass north to Grand Lake, providing Rendezvous Colorado residents with an exciting outdoor re­source such as skiers access from around Vail and Aspen, Colorado.

Rendezvous is providing facilities in Winter Park, Colorado, to pre-fab components of the 28-by-64-foot cabin, designed to house 16 guests plus four vol­unteers. Rendezvous is also providing the cabin's main spruce beam. Around five tons of construc­tion material were hauled into the site this spring; to be assembled this winter for completion by fall, 2012. (Ski-Hi ran a comprehensive article on the project July 4th, see SkyHiDailyNews.com).

Are you interested in volunteering on the project? Sign up at GrandHuts.com or contact Marilyn Anderson at marilyn.anderson@q. com or 970-470-2398.

Rendezvous Colorado and the Winter Park Real Estate Market

The national housing market is far from settled...but Rendezvous has already seen enough of an uptick in real estate buyer interest this past summer to move ahead with its next offerings of resort homes -- including six new Prong­Horn Townhomes that came out of the ground...four of them already sold. Colonnade Communities President Keith Neale also announced plans for a newly designed series of luxurious BigHorn cabins, priced in the $600s-to-$800s, as well as a new series of ElkHorn townhome designs, offering spacious but attainably priced homes with attached garages, from the mid-$300s. "Although the overall market is unsettled due to continuing national economic uncer­tainty, strict lending requirements, and the national jobs picture, we're pretty optimistic for the future, and are making moves that will po­sition us in the best possible way," Neale said.

The new luxurious BigHorn Cabin series features 2-car garages and walk-out lower levels with great areas for entertaining with wet bar, and bunkrooms for kids or guest. "These are homes that will offer maximum flexibility for hosting friends and family," said Neale. "And the home sites will be some of our most exceptional, with westerly views of Byers Peak and the Colorado Fraser Valley."

Prices for the available ProngHorn Town­homes are $449,900 and $469,900. Colonnade Communities will offer future homes in the collection at pre-sale prices from $419,900. For information contact the Rendezvous Real Estate Discovery Center at 970-726-8200.